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Republic Day

January 26th, 2008

Today morning, fortunately there was an agreement to flip TV channels only between two .. the ongoing India-Aus cricket match and the direct telecast of Republic Day celebrations and we enjoyed both. Today again it was a day to be nostalgic.
I don’t know about other Indians but having spent most of my life in Delhi, I have been witness to Republic Day parades and Independence Day speeches since my childhood. Live and telecast both. And they always hold a very special place in my life for many reasons.

The Rajpath, India Gate, Vijay Chowk, the parades, the jhaanki, the chilly foggy weather, unfurling of national flag, singing of national anthem and the fly past.. they all look part of my life, a part of my very own place. Today also I felt the same emotions and sense of pride running through my veins which I used to feel when I was a little girl and today again I wanted to be in Delhi !!

Won’t write much here. If anybody wants to know how I feel about these days, it’s here, a very nostalgic post written by me.

 

Current song- Aa chal Ke Tujhe Main Leke Chalu Ek Aise Gagan ke Tale – Kishore Kumar


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Tags : Celebrations, Cities, Delhi, India, Memoirs

14 comments »

  1. GMG said,

    January 26, 2008 @ 7:12 pm

    Glad to see your blog back to the old good days!
    Chilly foggy weather? It seems that today was quite cold in Delhi…
    Congrats on Republic Day!
    Have a great weekend!
    Gil

  2. GMG said,

    January 26, 2008 @ 7:13 pm

    Good old…, ok?

  3. Cuckoo said,

    January 26, 2008 @ 7:40 pm

    Gil,
    Thank you, thank you.

  4. Amey said,

    January 26, 2008 @ 10:08 pm

    We always watched the Republic Day parade, especially since it has all the march-pasts, and the display of weapons (I hardly remember ever watching the state displays).

    The “tradition” was broken when the parade at school was made mandatory (i.e. I joined NCC), and somehow I don’t get to watch it anymore, for some reason.

  5. ALI said,

    January 28, 2008 @ 5:19 am

    for me it’s one of the days
    when i m filled with patriotism :)

  6. Iceman said,

    January 28, 2008 @ 6:08 am

    JAI HIND…

  7. adi said,

    January 28, 2008 @ 6:37 am

    Happy Republic Day dear
    hope u r well and good

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  9. Peter said,

    January 28, 2008 @ 11:11 am

    So happy to see a positive message on your blog again! Starting to recognise the Cuckoo I used to know, who interviewed me….

  10. Sam said,

    January 28, 2008 @ 12:27 pm

    well.. i slept through that entire time-frame n by the time i woke up itw as all over!!!
    btw, wer r u dese days?

  11. Raghu said,

    January 29, 2008 @ 6:14 pm

    Republic day…. yep it reminds me of my childhood. I was in my school March past group, and we used to practice real hard to win the first place in the event :)

    And for this republic day i sang National anthem after real long time :)

  12. final_transit said,

    January 30, 2008 @ 3:34 am

    I missed watching the parade this year, was just content with the photos…

    and now people are advertising on your blog!

  13. Ajeya said,

    January 30, 2008 @ 1:44 pm

    Ya, I agree….

  14. starry nights said,

    January 31, 2008 @ 10:57 pm

    I grew up in Bangalore so never ever saw a real Republic day Parade. Just the ones we had in our school.would love to see one in person.

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